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and president obama round 11:30 a.m. eastern time will be holding an event with middle- class americans who will be impacted if negotiations do not lead to some kind of grand bargain. look for coverage of all our guns on c-span.org. linda in tennessee, republican of kalla. caller: it was obama who said do not raise taxes. it was the democrats who voted to extend the bush tax cut. for years, we have heard them say tax cuts for the rich. now we find out there were also a tax cut for the middle class and the port. -- and support. -- the poor. people who have never paid into social security or met -- or disability are getting on welfare. 16,000 a month are getting added into social security and medicare who have never paid a dime. host: linda, we are talking about the bush era tax cuts, focusing specifically this morning on the income tax cuts under the bush administration that were extended under the obama administration. that is part of a series that we are doing on the "washington journal" lead starts today that focuses o
and president obama round 11:30 a.m. eastern time will be holding an event with middle- class americans who will be impacted if negotiations do not lead to some kind of grand bargain. look for coverage of all our guns on c-span.org. linda in tennessee, republican of kalla. caller: it was obama who said do not raise taxes. it was the democrats who voted to extend the bush tax cut. for years, we have heard them say tax cuts for the rich. now we find out there were also a tax cut for the middle...
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obama brought people together. i think mitt romney made a couple of missteps that served to decrease which he could have done with minority voters. it is not clear what will happen with the demand -- with the democratic party when obama is gone in 2016. will there be a candidate who steps in and continues that enthusiasm with high record turnout rates? or, if you have a john kerry of the candidate, that did not perform well. >> you have news and worried all year but the implications of the republican party. -- you have mused and worried all year about the implications of the republican party. what are the implications of mitt romney and the republican party losing? >> the demographics that we have all discussed have been obvious for a long time. the proportion of whites in the national electorate of the last four presidential campaigns has gone 81%, 77%, 74%, 72%. this is not a secret. but sometimes, the of this does not become apparent until we have an election like this. but now the obvious is readily apparent to
obama brought people together. i think mitt romney made a couple of missteps that served to decrease which he could have done with minority voters. it is not clear what will happen with the demand -- with the democratic party when obama is gone in 2016. will there be a candidate who steps in and continues that enthusiasm with high record turnout rates? or, if you have a john kerry of the candidate, that did not perform well. >> you have news and worried all year but the implications of...
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i congratulate president obama on his reelection. the american people have spoken and it is up to us in loyal opposition to support the president wherever we possibly can, especially on national- security and foreign-policy issues. very briefly, russia, clearly the reset button has a failed. the new definition of treason law that was just passed a couple of days ago in russia -- i mean, the list is so long. by the way, we are about to pass a bill through the united states senate that just went through the house that is very interesting to see mr. putin's reaction to that. we see him of meddling in the ukraine and the baltics. we can go on for a long time, but my judgment of our relations with russia is that we are going to have to have an evaluation of that because i do not believe the reset -- which is clearly -- it has to do with the disposal of nuclear weapons, it is clearly in russia oppose the interest. why in the world would want to negate that. as far as iran is concerned, i think they are hurting. their economy is in the tank
i congratulate president obama on his reelection. the american people have spoken and it is up to us in loyal opposition to support the president wherever we possibly can, especially on national- security and foreign-policy issues. very briefly, russia, clearly the reset button has a failed. the new definition of treason law that was just passed a couple of days ago in russia -- i mean, the list is so long. by the way, we are about to pass a bill through the united states senate that just went...
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and obama won. host: good morning, connie. caller: good morning, and good morning fred. there is nothing wrong with the republican party. it is -- we lost this election by just a tiny bit. we should keep our values. hang on to our values. and the most important thing -- well, obama is getting ready to take off and run to all these countries giving his nation-building speeches and giving his family a vacation and all this and that, but there's only one nation that we should be nation-building with, and that's israel. because israel -- israel is -- that's god's chosen land. the jews are god's chosen people. host: ok, connie, let's give fred barnes a chance to comment. guest: well, i mean that was an issue between romney who was much more pro israel though publicly in particular. we'll see how that turns out. i personally don't begrudge him a vacation after the campaign, like to take one myself. but there was another part -- oh, yeah. what she said in the beginning about the republican party. is it rea
and obama won. host: good morning, connie. caller: good morning, and good morning fred. there is nothing wrong with the republican party. it is -- we lost this election by just a tiny bit. we should keep our values. hang on to our values. and the most important thing -- well, obama is getting ready to take off and run to all these countries giving his nation-building speeches and giving his family a vacation and all this and that, but there's only one nation that we should be nation-building...
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the barack obama reach out to republicans? starting with romney, but really the leadership and some of the key players whom he might be able to work with in a bipartisan way, say john mccain. there are house members and senators. does he reach out? secondly, legislation. does the government from the center out? does the governor from the base over to try to get a majority? on the republican side, how do they respond if obama reaches out? i think he will realize with the the test booklet facing us that he has to do something. how do republicans respond not have as much mcconnell responded? -- how do republicans respond? how does a mitch mcconnell respond? then what happens in the house? there are two questions and with john boehner. is he willing to go in and legislate, especially if he gets a major concessions from the president? in my gut, the answer is yes. can he bring his caucus along? yes, a few of the leading to party leaders were defeated -- tea party members were defeated, but they are still as conservative as they wer
the barack obama reach out to republicans? starting with romney, but really the leadership and some of the key players whom he might be able to work with in a bipartisan way, say john mccain. there are house members and senators. does he reach out? secondly, legislation. does the government from the center out? does the governor from the base over to try to get a majority? on the republican side, how do they respond if obama reaches out? i think he will realize with the the test booklet facing...
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she told the the regulations, taxes, obama care, and the effects of the obama economy put is out of business. -- put her out of business. i want to help the hundreds of thousands of these and dreamers like her, and i will. you know, by the way, if the president were to be reelected, he will say anything he has to get your support and make you think he will improve our schools. so your kids would have the same schools with the same results. when i am president i will be a voice to the children and their parents, because they do not have a union at the bpa. i want to make sure parents have the information they need to know if a school is succeeding or not, and i want them to have the choice of the school they believe is right for their child's future. when i was governor of my state, we took our schools to the top of the nation by working together. listening to the good buys from our teachers. people who dedicated their lives to listening to their kids and always putting the students first. and education first. i will do the same thing as president. the last few months of the campaign is gathe
she told the the regulations, taxes, obama care, and the effects of the obama economy put is out of business. -- put her out of business. i want to help the hundreds of thousands of these and dreamers like her, and i will. you know, by the way, if the president were to be reelected, he will say anything he has to get your support and make you think he will improve our schools. so your kids would have the same schools with the same results. when i am president i will be a voice to the children...
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pro-tend president obama. and the total lack of credibility with some of this stop is just sloolt repel lent. when you will look at the demographics whole is rush limbaugh talking at. he is looking. it's not what the country looks like anymore. >> you have knees williams host:s -- and you have a lot of it poisonous. mark levine, number three, number four rye host. a man known for his se sen sen si. he told her -- he asked her if she had a ghun the house. she said get the gun out, put it through your heads and get up. so you have this terable down actually actually based. let's stop that spewing out. we have the impact with which you've seen with these petitions that are being vooveled. or you know, the people that are all over the blogoss fear or media zpeer talking to it just totally out of proportion with the response. >> we're going to your questions and we'll stick to the dra addition of having a student allege terter -- alternating. >> i've been wasming -- watching. i understand the republican beater to a
pro-tend president obama. and the total lack of credibility with some of this stop is just sloolt repel lent. when you will look at the demographics whole is rush limbaugh talking at. he is looking. it's not what the country looks like anymore. >> you have knees williams host:s -- and you have a lot of it poisonous. mark levine, number three, number four rye host. a man known for his se sen sen si. he told her -- he asked her if she had a ghun the house. she said get the gun out, put it...
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he had 20% more than president obama received. in past elections, that would have been catastrophic for a cabinet in the united states. but despite the fact that president obama only received 39% of the white vote, he won the election 50% to 40%. he is about -- he has about 2.75 million more votes than governor romney. how did african-americans do? there are two aspects of the african-american voters want to talk about. it's not like there was truly a national campaign in 2012. if you lived in a swing state, you saw politics was all consuming. that was all that life was about, the 2012 election. on the other hand, if you did not live in a swing state, you probably were not entirely aware there was an election going on at all. in terms of the black vote, want to point out a couple of things. before i point out be increase in the black vote, want to mention one thing about gender. a major aspect of this election was about appeals to women, the phraseology was i believe "the war on women." there were issues having to do with rape, ab
he had 20% more than president obama received. in past elections, that would have been catastrophic for a cabinet in the united states. but despite the fact that president obama only received 39% of the white vote, he won the election 50% to 40%. he is about -- he has about 2.75 million more votes than governor romney. how did african-americans do? there are two aspects of the african-american voters want to talk about. it's not like there was truly a national campaign in 2012. if you lived in...
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obama's plan takes 38. the ryan plan versus the obama into the future -- although the obama thing and eventually blows up and get aspics' because he cannot calculate that amount of debt and what it would do to the country. the ryan plan is all about reforming entitlements suspending of the smaller percentage of gdp rather than a larger percentage. and the tax part, lower marginal, territorial system, gives you stronger economic growth. i think the modern republican party which has been field tested, veterans defending entitled the reform, and talking about that and having people try to beat them on it and trip them up is infinitely stronger than the republican party four years ago, six years ago, on the spending issue. every crisis -- spend more money on. never saw a crisis and said let's spend less. every crisis of bigger government. >> i do not say this election as a ringing endorsement of tea party of the ryan plan. can you tell me why did obama win? he promised to raise taxes. >> two things -- he droppe
obama's plan takes 38. the ryan plan versus the obama into the future -- although the obama thing and eventually blows up and get aspics' because he cannot calculate that amount of debt and what it would do to the country. the ryan plan is all about reforming entitlements suspending of the smaller percentage of gdp rather than a larger percentage. and the tax part, lower marginal, territorial system, gives you stronger economic growth. i think the modern republican party which has been field...
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president obama and gov. christie worked together yesterday. several articles this morning about political partisanship as we go through this morning's newspapers on the "washington journal." which candidate or party do you think is best suited to reach across the aisle and work with the other side? for democrats -- for republicans -- independents -- there are social media ways to contact us as well. you can make a comment on our facebook page. that is up all day. or you can send us an e-mail. here is "usa today" this morning. their lead editorial -- that is "usa today" lead editorial this morning. a former democratic gov. of michigan writes this in "politico." of our first call up on this question of which candidate can best reach across the title comes from pittsburgh. good morning. caller: good morning. looking at yesterday, i believe president obama is a person i feel will work across the aisle. he has put silly politics aside and is looking at what needs to be done. he has worked at that very quickly and
president obama and gov. christie worked together yesterday. several articles this morning about political partisanship as we go through this morning's newspapers on the "washington journal." which candidate or party do you think is best suited to reach across the aisle and work with the other side? for democrats -- for republicans -- independents -- there are social media ways to contact us as well. you can make a comment on our facebook page. that is up all day. or you can send us...
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president obama is commander in chief. he sat there and watched four guys get killed on tv and not even an effort was made to rescue them. that is pretty disgusting. there was no national security. that is basically my opinion. host: what do you want to see happen now? caller: they should have an investigation and get to the bottom of it. why all the lies. host: is that congress's role? should they have an outside body? caller: it is congress's role as long as they have a bipartisan committee. it is interesting that a lot of the politicians are retiring and leaving. i think congress should set up a committee to check it out. host: from the associated press -- what do you think? paul on the independent line. caller: what scares me is the u. n. we have them pulling a lot of -- the only thing i know that comes out of beirut is hezbollah. the susan rice and secretary of state, they rubbed shoulders with some strange people. the muslim brotherhood -- we can have them and our state department. it scares me to death. i do not wan
president obama is commander in chief. he sat there and watched four guys get killed on tv and not even an effort was made to rescue them. that is pretty disgusting. there was no national security. that is basically my opinion. host: what do you want to see happen now? caller: they should have an investigation and get to the bottom of it. why all the lies. host: is that congress's role? should they have an outside body? caller: it is congress's role as long as they have a bipartisan committee....
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pretend president obama. and the total lack of credibility with some of this stuff is repel lant to the middle of the electorate. and when you look at the demographics who is rush limbaugh talking to, white, 65 plus and rural. so you have these talk radio host making millions and millions of dollars a year driving a message of complete and total nonsense into the electorate, a lot of it poisten. mark le vin number three radio talk show host. a woman called up his radio show and had some descending viewpoint and he asked her if she had a gunnd he said get it out and put a bullet in it and blow your brains out. ronl reagan would have been apalled by that if it happened. so you have this terrible tone. you have this actually factly baseless stuff that is spewing out and it has the impact which you have seen with these succession petition that is are being filed or the people that are all over the conservative blog sphere talking about it's the end of the republic is out of proportion response and i think that's
pretend president obama. and the total lack of credibility with some of this stuff is repel lant to the middle of the electorate. and when you look at the demographics who is rush limbaugh talking to, white, 65 plus and rural. so you have these talk radio host making millions and millions of dollars a year driving a message of complete and total nonsense into the electorate, a lot of it poisten. mark le vin number three radio talk show host. a woman called up his radio show and had some...
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then the president obama obama and speaker bainer and then the polling during the 2012 presidential campaign. >> tomorrow president obama will be at arlington national cemetery to participate in the ceremony at the tom of the unknown and a remembrance ceremony. live coverage begins at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> 2013 should be the year we solve our debt reform. i'm proposing we avert the fiscal cliff and 2013 is finally the year our government comes to grips with the problems that are facing us. >> i'm open to compromise and new ideas. i'm committed to solving our fiscal challenge. but i refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. i'm not going to ask students and seniors and middle class families to pay down the entire deficit while people like me aren't asked to pay a dime more in taxes. >> the new elected congress starts in january but the congress has to do work in a lame duck session and they have to work on the federal deficit raising the debt ceiling and by how much and planned cuts to domestic and military spending also known as sequestration. live coverage on c-span and
then the president obama obama and speaker bainer and then the polling during the 2012 presidential campaign. >> tomorrow president obama will be at arlington national cemetery to participate in the ceremony at the tom of the unknown and a remembrance ceremony. live coverage begins at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> 2013 should be the year we solve our debt reform. i'm proposing we avert the fiscal cliff and 2013 is finally the year our government comes to grips with the problems...
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president obama got 43% of the time. if there are any filibusters left, they need to be rare and they need to be need to be actual filibusters. host: one of the nominations that did not get the senate approval was that of robert bork. that is the subject of this tweet. he says, the author is biased against conservative republicans. his beloved senate of the 1980's is the one that castigated robert bork. guest: robert bork was defeated in 1987. he was defeated by democrats and some republicans. he was regarded as the right- wing's preeminent legal scholar. the senate approved double -- approved in the number of nominees to the supreme court, including justice scalia -- justice scalia. bork was regarded as exceptional and he was defeated for that reason. host: it is not that each side is trying to avenge their last defeat so bad when a -- so that when a democratic nominee comes up for approval, they are defeated by republicans and vice versa. guest: there is certainly some of that. sometimes they act like the sharks and th
president obama got 43% of the time. if there are any filibusters left, they need to be rare and they need to be need to be actual filibusters. host: one of the nominations that did not get the senate approval was that of robert bork. that is the subject of this tweet. he says, the author is biased against conservative republicans. his beloved senate of the 1980's is the one that castigated robert bork. guest: robert bork was defeated in 1987. he was defeated by democrats and some republicans....
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caller: obama of's idea -- i lived in not see germany and i can tell you that obama campaigns on social justice and all you will get is your fair shot at poverty. there will be no rich people. everyone will be very poor. socialism does not work. america was built on personal responsibility. my message to all of you to not sell your vote so she believed for government handouts. spend less on food stamps. take it from me. i have the experience. this is my message. host: marco in miami. you are on the air. caller: how are you doing? hello? hello? how're you doing? host: we are listening. caller: i'm an independent cuban-american and i'm voting no, simply because i know the obama administration was handed after the republican george bush presidency was handed a bill of sale that was not any good. they did not fund the two wars that the republicans got us into. the romney campaign is just more of the same. that's why i'm supporting our president. i think that is the patriotic thing to do. republicans have been on patriotic in how the have infiltrated the president. this guy is a continuation
caller: obama of's idea -- i lived in not see germany and i can tell you that obama campaigns on social justice and all you will get is your fair shot at poverty. there will be no rich people. everyone will be very poor. socialism does not work. america was built on personal responsibility. my message to all of you to not sell your vote so she believed for government handouts. spend less on food stamps. take it from me. i have the experience. this is my message. host: marco in miami. you are on...
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. >> president obama spoke with reporters today. this is his first news conference since early this year. >> good afternoon, everybody. please have a seat. i hear you have some questions for me. but let me just make a few remarks at the top and then i'll open it up. first of all, i want to reiterate what i said on friday. right now, our economy is still recovering from a very deep and damaging crisis. so our top priority has to be jobs and growth. we've got to build on the progress that we've made. because this nation succeeds when we've got a growing, thriving middle class. and that's the idea at the core of the plan that i talked about on the campaign trail over the last year, rewarding manufacturers and small businesses that create jobs here, not overseas, providing more americans the chance to earn skills that businesses are looking for right now. keeping this country at the forefront of research, technology, and clean energy, putting people back to work rebuilding roads, bridges and schools and reducing our deficit in a balance
. >> president obama spoke with reporters today. this is his first news conference since early this year. >> good afternoon, everybody. please have a seat. i hear you have some questions for me. but let me just make a few remarks at the top and then i'll open it up. first of all, i want to reiterate what i said on friday. right now, our economy is still recovering from a very deep and damaging crisis. so our top priority has to be jobs and growth. we've got to build on the progress...
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i think president obama's doing a very good job. i was extremely impressed with what little i saw with him speaking yesterday. he got tearful. i admire his wife. when i watched her speech last week and i was very, very happy when she said keep showing up. so i'm going to show up at the polls. host: aside from your son getting extra credit for school, what does he think about the voting in general? caller: there's good discussion, i think, inside the school. i did think about that the other day. i don't preach to him. he does -- he had a paper route. so he reads the newspaper, which i think is important. i think he understands where we are at as a family. and i think he has a pretty good idea, you know, what the country needs and as it pertains to perhaps his circumstances. he's a very -- i think most kids are pretty intuitive and they understand. host: for our first 45 minutes, why you decided to vote or not vote. the pennsylvania is highlighted in the "wall street journal," particularly looking at its breakdown when it comes to lat
i think president obama's doing a very good job. i was extremely impressed with what little i saw with him speaking yesterday. he got tearful. i admire his wife. when i watched her speech last week and i was very, very happy when she said keep showing up. so i'm going to show up at the polls. host: aside from your son getting extra credit for school, what does he think about the voting in general? caller: there's good discussion, i think, inside the school. i did think about that the other day....
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account of obama care. middle eastern kentucky, west virginia, pennsylvania is dedicated -- devastated on account of obama. i am a democrat, but i will definitely vote for the wrong date. host: are you a mineworker? what is your average salary? caller: about 120,000 per year. is 0 now. host: lost your job? caller: yes. he said he would destroy a anyone who worked with col. he is pretty much done it. no one can get a mine permit. the cannot get a permit to run a preparation plant. host: were you laid off? caller: yes. 80,000-90,000. the fuel people are laid off. everyone related to coal is laid off. use of the car industry down and then and iran -- that everyone suffers. host: independent calller in florida. caller: 22,000 people in hollywood, florida. you said you heard, but really did not see it yourself. you are showing the camera, but you are showing a closed camera. you could really see how many people were there. there were hardly less than 2000 people there. there were more than 3500 people at the mit
account of obama care. middle eastern kentucky, west virginia, pennsylvania is dedicated -- devastated on account of obama. i am a democrat, but i will definitely vote for the wrong date. host: are you a mineworker? what is your average salary? caller: about 120,000 per year. is 0 now. host: lost your job? caller: yes. he said he would destroy a anyone who worked with col. he is pretty much done it. no one can get a mine permit. the cannot get a permit to run a preparation plant. host: were you...
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i solidly see an obama victory. host: the washington post is writing about myths about the electoral college. guest: the caller was right. states like new jersey and new york will not affect the electoral college. president obama will win those. huge numbers for romney in the south. there is a chance for an electoral college-popular vote split. host: who are you pulling for now? guest: in the senate races, we are in michigan, wisconsin, nevada, the governor's race in new hampshire. we do 75 congressional races. we started off with 53 incumbents going into this election. we do some polling for the romney campaign. host: what is happening for the wisconsin senate race? guest: i did some polling for scott walker. we have it right in terms of polling as opposed to what you are seeing in the public polling. we have a net edge presidentially and in the senate race going for tom thompson in that senate race. what we are seeing there we are seeing in all of the campaigns. we have closed the gaps that democrats have in those
i solidly see an obama victory. host: the washington post is writing about myths about the electoral college. guest: the caller was right. states like new jersey and new york will not affect the electoral college. president obama will win those. huge numbers for romney in the south. there is a chance for an electoral college-popular vote split. host: who are you pulling for now? guest: in the senate races, we are in michigan, wisconsin, nevada, the governor's race in new hampshire. we do 75...
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lot during the terms of robert gates in the past and now with secretary leon panetta and president obama. we are highly thankful for this. we share the same believes in freedom, liberty, democracy, human dignity, but u.s. strength and our active vigilance in missions related to israel -- but mainly your role in the whole region, the opportunity for this to flourish. all-around, our region, from syria these days to hezbollah, hamas in the recent weeks, and always iran in the background -- we see all of the region looking at the united states as a source of support and hope against the bad guys, whoever they are, all around the region. we are highly appreciative. we always keep the right to defend ourself by ourselves when it is needed, but i think the role of the united states is invaluable in our region. we are looking for -- we do not desire war. we pursue peace. but unfortunately the neighborhood is extremely tough. no place for the fainthearted. there is no second opportunity for those who cannot defend themselves, no mercy for the week. we see this daily in syria and in other corners
lot during the terms of robert gates in the past and now with secretary leon panetta and president obama. we are highly thankful for this. we share the same believes in freedom, liberty, democracy, human dignity, but u.s. strength and our active vigilance in missions related to israel -- but mainly your role in the whole region, the opportunity for this to flourish. all-around, our region, from syria these days to hezbollah, hamas in the recent weeks, and always iran in the background -- we see...
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president obama traveling in parts of asia. we will have those segments, plus, we will take a look at the papers and take your phone calls as well "washington journal ."shington, we will see you then. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> next, a discussion on the future of u.s. diplomacy. after that, a forum on the effectiveness of al-qaeda in yemen. >> a former state department officials from the obama and george w. bush administration's discuss public diplomacy in a tough budget in vermont. the discuss the effectiveness of student exchange programs and government-backed broadcasting outlets, like "voice of america." the george washington school of international affairs hosted this event tuesday. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> that is public diplomacy in action. [laughter] i'm a professor here at gw and the director of the institute for public policy and global communication. you can find us on twitter @ip dgc. we're also on facebook. we're host
president obama traveling in parts of asia. we will have those segments, plus, we will take a look at the papers and take your phone calls as well "washington journal ."shington, we will see you then. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> next, a discussion on the future of u.s. diplomacy. after that, a forum on the effectiveness of al-qaeda in yemen. >> a former state department officials from...
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obama does not take them over his lap and spank them as they deserve. he treats them with undue respect. that has all changed now. the tax increase is going to take place anyway. the republicans can only stop it by taking some positive action to extend these tax cuts that they are so obsessed with. by the way, republicans do not think there is any problem with any level of spending cuts. only the tiniest tax increases would devastate the economy, contrary to everything the congressional budget office has said, which is exactly the reverse. taxes will rise automatically if they do not do anything. they thought they were so clever two years ago. they sat on their hands and did not do anything. finally, at the last minute, predictably, barack obama caved, and said we would expand everything for two years, and take out everything he demanded as a requirement. he totally caves to them. they congratulated themselves and patted themselves on the back. now, things are different. we have had an election. it is clear the american people have repudiated the republ
obama does not take them over his lap and spank them as they deserve. he treats them with undue respect. that has all changed now. the tax increase is going to take place anyway. the republicans can only stop it by taking some positive action to extend these tax cuts that they are so obsessed with. by the way, republicans do not think there is any problem with any level of spending cuts. only the tiniest tax increases would devastate the economy, contrary to everything the congressional budget...
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obama calls in and says we need a common ground. i need you to be my emissary to congressional republicans and get them to go along with the simpson-bulls tied grand bargain. what does from the same? at the same time, while congressional republicans are not want to exactly dow down to governor romney, and remember when paul ryan after the 2010 elections, he was an icon for them, came back to the freshmen and said we cannot do the budget cuts we promised you right now. they threw him out of the room. they are not 6 " to be eager to do that. you can gain significant leverage by moving in that direction, and it would not surprise me that obama has a couple of cards up his sleeve to turn the bully pulpit into a more potent weapon in the next month. >> there are other ways of doing that. one is i think he will have simpson and bowles by his side on this. he has already committed to using that as the framework. there is evidence around that the white house has been working on revisions to that, giving it some specifics that would make it
obama calls in and says we need a common ground. i need you to be my emissary to congressional republicans and get them to go along with the simpson-bulls tied grand bargain. what does from the same? at the same time, while congressional republicans are not want to exactly dow down to governor romney, and remember when paul ryan after the 2010 elections, he was an icon for them, came back to the freshmen and said we cannot do the budget cuts we promised you right now. they threw him out of the...
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i look at president obama as foundational. or the disappointing when they did not come up with the remedy? yes. you build on them. the reason i was not in favor and the reason you did not hear house republicans in favor is because of the same question as it relates to taxes. we think we have offered an alternative so he can get the revenues he needs. take the victory lap. say, i have these new revenues as a willingness of a republican congress to work with me. eclipse the whole scene and move the tax reform as fast as you can. >> chris van holland suggested you had a mandate specifically on the issue of tax rates to the wealthy. >> if the president had a mandate nancy pelosi would be the next speaker of the house. that will not happen. >> what about your outlook here. how confident are you right now as the first face-to-face negotiations began that there will be a deal you and your colleagues can support? >> very confident. there is an opportunity the president has to lead the country in a way he wanted to in 2008. there is a
i look at president obama as foundational. or the disappointing when they did not come up with the remedy? yes. you build on them. the reason i was not in favor and the reason you did not hear house republicans in favor is because of the same question as it relates to taxes. we think we have offered an alternative so he can get the revenues he needs. take the victory lap. say, i have these new revenues as a willingness of a republican congress to work with me. eclipse the whole scene and move...
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obama in the last four years. my husband lost his job and all of my neighbors tied to the defense industry are so nervous that they are going to be next. i do not know how you can say mr. obama has done anything for loudoun county. host: let's get an answer from the chairman of the democratic party. guest: thank you for the question during the war that people were concerned about in 2008 has been ended. it was president obama who brought the termination of the war in iraq, and withdrawing troops from afghanistan and now prepared for nation-building here at home rather than afghanistan and iraq. that war has been brought to an end by the president. in terms of locally, the president -- the fact of the matter is, as a said earlier, 700,000 jobs a month, over 700,000 jobs a month we were losing at the termination of the bush presidency. we are working our way back. this is a fiscal ditching that was deep. that is why it is no time to turn to the same policies that got us into it in the first place. that is why the pr
obama in the last four years. my husband lost his job and all of my neighbors tied to the defense industry are so nervous that they are going to be next. i do not know how you can say mr. obama has done anything for loudoun county. host: let's get an answer from the chairman of the democratic party. guest: thank you for the question during the war that people were concerned about in 2008 has been ended. it was president obama who brought the termination of the war in iraq, and withdrawing...
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obama beat mr. romney by 58% to 40% in florida, 87% to 10% in colorado, at 80% to 17% in nevada, and 60% to 31% in virginia. we will go to one of the swing state in this election now. -- a swing states in this election now. caller: i love the statement that he made about self deportation. absolutely right. that is basically what the gop party is doing, not just to latinos, but everyone else. it is basically 47%. one of the things i would like to mention -- i wrote this over 20 years ago -- we had 36 men in mexico who controlled 54% of mexico's gross national product. how much can they need to buy? i am sick and tired of the 36 men in mexico -- the number of men in the united states, canada, central america, south america, europe and asia, etc., whose lust for more greed and power is destroying the entire planet for man and beast. that bothers me. i feel that they spend their lives living off a bus. -- off of us. as long as we obey their roles, everything is ok. -- off of us. as long as we obey their
obama beat mr. romney by 58% to 40% in florida, 87% to 10% in colorado, at 80% to 17% in nevada, and 60% to 31% in virginia. we will go to one of the swing state in this election now. -- a swing states in this election now. caller: i love the statement that he made about self deportation. absolutely right. that is basically what the gop party is doing, not just to latinos, but everyone else. it is basically 47%. one of the things i would like to mention -- i wrote this over 20 years ago -- we...
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that is why the election of barack obama was so very important. to protect medicare -- even though we could not get the majority, we knew when he won that many of the issues, affordable care, medicare, were protected. we had a different view of what happened that day. we saw some of the members that we elective, the intellect we brought in here. it is not about quantity for us so much as the policy of leadership, the quality of our members, the ideas that they had, the talent that they bring, the commitment and dedication to a better future. we may not have the majority, we may not have the gavel, but we have the unity. we have the unity to go fourth, create jobs, build our economy, simple as abc. make it in america, build the infrastructure of america, and tax cuts for the middle-class. tax cuts for the middle-class. we can do that, prevent us from going over the cliff. we look forward to working with our great president and congratulate the senate on adding to their numbers, especially at and so many women to the senate. do we have time for one
that is why the election of barack obama was so very important. to protect medicare -- even though we could not get the majority, we knew when he won that many of the issues, affordable care, medicare, were protected. we had a different view of what happened that day. we saw some of the members that we elective, the intellect we brought in here. it is not about quantity for us so much as the policy of leadership, the quality of our members, the ideas that they had, the talent that they bring,...
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obama's plan takes 38. the ryan plan versus the obama into the future -- although the obama thing and eventually blows up and get aspics' because he cannot calculate that amount of debt and what it would do to the country. the ryan plan is all about reforming entitlements suspending of the smaller percentage of gdp rather than a larger percentage. and the tax part, lower marginal, territorial system, gives you stronger economic growth. i think the modern republican party which has been field tested, veterans defending entitled the reform, and talking about that and having people try to beat them on it and trip them up is infinitely stronger than the republican party four years ago, six years ago, on the spending issue. every crisis -- spend more money on. never saw a crisis and said let's spend less. every crisis of bigger government. >> i do not say this election as a ringing endorsement of tea party or the ryan plan. can you tell me why did obama win? he promised to raise taxes. >> two things -- he droppe
obama's plan takes 38. the ryan plan versus the obama into the future -- although the obama thing and eventually blows up and get aspics' because he cannot calculate that amount of debt and what it would do to the country. the ryan plan is all about reforming entitlements suspending of the smaller percentage of gdp rather than a larger percentage. and the tax part, lower marginal, territorial system, gives you stronger economic growth. i think the modern republican party which has been field...
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obama in the last four years. my husband lost his job and all of my neighbors tied to the defense industry are so nervous that they are going to be next. i do not know how you can say mr. obama has done anything for loudoun county. host: let's get an answer from the chairman of the democratic party. guest: thank you for the question during the war that people were concerned about in 2008 has been ended. it was president obama who brought the termination of the war in iraq, and withdrawing troops from afghanistan and now prepared for nation-building here at home rather than afghanistan and iraq. that war has been brought to an end by the president. in terms of locally, the president -- the fact of the matter is, as a said earlier, 700,000 jobs a month, over 700,000 jobs a month we were losing at the termination of the bush presidency. we are working our way back. this is a fiscal ditching that was deep. that is why it is no time to turn to the same policies that got us into it in the first place. that is why the pr
obama in the last four years. my husband lost his job and all of my neighbors tied to the defense industry are so nervous that they are going to be next. i do not know how you can say mr. obama has done anything for loudoun county. host: let's get an answer from the chairman of the democratic party. guest: thank you for the question during the war that people were concerned about in 2008 has been ended. it was president obama who brought the termination of the war in iraq, and withdrawing...
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killing policies of the obama administration. if we want people back to work we cannot have obamacare. its stifles the economy, and it does not reform health care. it is going to take $10 billion from the economy on an annual basis it does not work, so we need to talk about the past. one is more government control. >> senator, your response. >> first, i want to thank the networks and my family, my wife of 35 years, my daughter, and my other daughter, and 60% of the grand kids are here. it is good to have james here. jobs are critically important, and i think if you take a look at what is wrong with washington, d.c. compan, there a long list of people. the jobs bill as a prime example that you brought up. it is interesting the gentleman i am running with is hyper partisan. he mentioned rosa, and she has gotten off hold of me and said he has not been much of the health on the subcommittee, and quite frankly, what needs to be done is people need to work together as americans. is when doesion thi politics trump jobs? is it when clean
killing policies of the obama administration. if we want people back to work we cannot have obamacare. its stifles the economy, and it does not reform health care. it is going to take $10 billion from the economy on an annual basis it does not work, so we need to talk about the past. one is more government control. >> senator, your response. >> first, i want to thank the networks and my family, my wife of 35 years, my daughter, and my other daughter, and 60% of the grand kids are...
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president obama was vulnerable. they blew it. >>>> let's go to a viewer who says bill press calls out the pollsters as shysters. >> no i don't think all of them but i wouldn't trust their numbers on anything. >> let's go to the independent line in pennsylvania. good morning. caller: good morning. if you could elaborate on two items. one is university of maryland and a couple of other schools have come out with studies that say if you watch fox news you're less informed than somebody who doesn't watch the news. and that's the results of the study. secondly, when boehner said the american people don't want tax increases, if you could remind folks that the house numbers for the democrats outweigh the republican numbers by half a million votes so all the people that won on the democratic side versus those where they still held the house, they were out voted by a half a million voters. host: thank for the call. guest: i do think it is true that regular fox watchers just like regular rush limbaugh listeners live in a para
president obama was vulnerable. they blew it. >>>> let's go to a viewer who says bill press calls out the pollsters as shysters. >> no i don't think all of them but i wouldn't trust their numbers on anything. >> let's go to the independent line in pennsylvania. good morning. caller: good morning. if you could elaborate on two items. one is university of maryland and a couple of other schools have come out with studies that say if you watch fox news you're less informed...
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caller: president obama." -- president obama. host: you are one of those swing voters in a swing state. caller: i was not the only one in line yesterday. a lot of african-americans there said they were undecided and i was very shocked, i thought i was the only met romney supporter in line, but i may not have been. those other issues, abortion and all of that, with hash themselves out. it would take an actual act of the supreme court, when it came to health care and things like that. right now the economy is more important to me. host: thank you very much for the call. we will be talking politics on "and newsmakers" live at 10:00 eastern time. our congress -- our conversation will be with debbie wasserman schultz. there is this piece from "the new york times" with an interesting perspective, going back 50 years. john f. kennedy campaigned in 49 states, richard nixon visited all 50. the current contest is just as close, but candidates heavily campaigned in 10 states. there are towns in a high of the have received more attention tha
caller: president obama." -- president obama. host: you are one of those swing voters in a swing state. caller: i was not the only one in line yesterday. a lot of african-americans there said they were undecided and i was very shocked, i thought i was the only met romney supporter in line, but i may not have been. those other issues, abortion and all of that, with hash themselves out. it would take an actual act of the supreme court, when it came to health care and things like that. right...
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senator obama believes that also. but we both recognize that the we have come a long way from the old injustices that once sustained our nation's reputations and denied some americans the full blessings of american citizenship, the memory of them still has the power to wound. a century ago, president theodore roosevelt's invitation of booker t. washington to dine at the white house was taken as an outrage in many quarters. america today is a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of that time. there is no better evidence of this than the election of an african-american to the presidency of the united states. let there be no reason now -- [applause] let there be no reason now for any american to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on earth. [applause] senator obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country. i applaud him for it and offer him my sincere sympathy that his beloved grandmother did not live to see this day. though our faith escher's us she is at rest and t
senator obama believes that also. but we both recognize that the we have come a long way from the old injustices that once sustained our nation's reputations and denied some americans the full blessings of american citizenship, the memory of them still has the power to wound. a century ago, president theodore roosevelt's invitation of booker t. washington to dine at the white house was taken as an outrage in many quarters. america today is a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of...
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i saw barack obama go to the u.s. senate and do exactly what john edwards did, and that will immediately start campaigning to be present. i believe our federal legislators are there to take care of federal business and our state legislatures, to be in our -- federal legislators ought to be down in our state, sending dollars to the state, and not sending them to the federal government to have federal legislators play a large game of twister to get the best position. host: bob cusack? guest: the caller mentioned term limits, and it was something mitt romney embraced, and the republicans on capitol hill have not embraced that, and neither have the democrats. it was talked about in the newt gingrich era, but both republicans and democrats are not fond of term limits. there is an argument against it, and that is when members get here, they promised to term- limit themselves, and when they get here they do not know how to legislate, they do not know where the bathrooms are, and just like anything they get experience and bet
i saw barack obama go to the u.s. senate and do exactly what john edwards did, and that will immediately start campaigning to be present. i believe our federal legislators are there to take care of federal business and our state legislatures, to be in our -- federal legislators ought to be down in our state, sending dollars to the state, and not sending them to the federal government to have federal legislators play a large game of twister to get the best position. host: bob cusack? guest: the...
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four years ago, canada obama -- candidate obama promised much, but he has fallen so very short. he promised a post-partisan presidency, but he became most partisan, blaming and attacking. and it was not just republicans he refused to listen to. he also did not listen to independent voices. he was going to focus on jobs. instead, he focused on obamacare, which killed jobs, and he said he was going to cut the deficit in half. instead, he doubled it. instead, he said unemployment would be at 5.2%, and he is at 7.9%, and, by the way, if that is the number we should have had, unemployment today is higher than it was when the president was elected. he promised that he would propose a plan that would save social security and medicare. he did not. instead, he raided medicare to pay for obamacare. $16 million. he said he would lower health- insurance premiums for the average family in america by $2,500 per year. anybody here have their premiums go down by 25 $1 per year? no, they are now actually higher by $3,000 per year, and gasoline, the average american family pays $2,000 more for ga
four years ago, canada obama -- candidate obama promised much, but he has fallen so very short. he promised a post-partisan presidency, but he became most partisan, blaming and attacking. and it was not just republicans he refused to listen to. he also did not listen to independent voices. he was going to focus on jobs. instead, he focused on obamacare, which killed jobs, and he said he was going to cut the deficit in half. instead, he doubled it. instead, he said unemployment would be at 5.2%,...
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it is the linchpin of a statewide victory for president obama. he needs to do well in the big, growing burgeoning prince george county and loudoun county, as well as fairfax. yes, the two areas are small, but trees and rocks and acres don't vote, at least in most states and localities. host: what kind of the voting system is used in virginia? guest: the computerized systems are used almost everywhere. we have eliminated paper ballots accept as a backup in case of emergency. we don't have a lever machines anymore, that i grew up with. i am a native virginian. we thought the lever machines were pretty neat, but they are long gone. now you have computerized machines almost everywhere in one form or another. host: some of the demographics of the state, 64.5% white. 19.8% black. hispanic population, 8.2%. the lead story in the wall street about the latino vote nationwide, what about in virginia when it comes to the latino vote? guest: those figures are a little deceptive, because you are talking about population. in my field, we look at the registered
it is the linchpin of a statewide victory for president obama. he needs to do well in the big, growing burgeoning prince george county and loudoun county, as well as fairfax. yes, the two areas are small, but trees and rocks and acres don't vote, at least in most states and localities. host: what kind of the voting system is used in virginia? guest: the computerized systems are used almost everywhere. we have eliminated paper ballots accept as a backup in case of emergency. we don't have a...
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obama beat mr. romney by 58% to 40% in florida, 87% to 10% in colorado, at 80% to 17% in nevada, and 60% to 31% in virginia. we will go to one of the swing state in this election now. -- a swing states in this election now. caller: i love the statement that he made about self deportation. absolutely right. that is basically what the gop party is doing, not just to latinos, but everyone else. it is basically 47%. one of the things i would like to mention -- i wrote this over 20 years ago -- we had 36 men in mexico who controlled 54% of .exico's gross national product how much can they need to buy? i am sick and tired of the 36 men in mexico -- the number of men in the united states, canada, central america, south america, europe and asia, etc., whose lust for more greed and power is destroying the e ntire planet for man and beast. that bothers me. i feel that they spend their lives living off a bus. as long as we obey their roles, everything is ok. -- off of us. as long as we obey their rules, everyt
obama beat mr. romney by 58% to 40% in florida, 87% to 10% in colorado, at 80% to 17% in nevada, and 60% to 31% in virginia. we will go to one of the swing state in this election now. -- a swing states in this election now. caller: i love the statement that he made about self deportation. absolutely right. that is basically what the gop party is doing, not just to latinos, but everyone else. it is basically 47%. one of the things i would like to mention -- i wrote this over 20 years ago -- we...
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but with obama slightly ahead in both. but he would have needed to do florida and virginia and then he would need to get into colorado, iowa, new hampshire instill even winning all of that, we would be short of 270. and so, it was pretty clear, you know, going into election day that a whole lot had to happen right for romney get -- to get to 270. maybe either florida or virginia once all of those got counted, or maybe both of them fall to him, probably not. this sort of where it was. and there was one. back around, just kind of looking at the sequencing of it. romney was clearly dead in the water. just not moving. he was not far behind before the first debate. the b three, five points. but it looked like a hard 3, 5 points. and you get a sense, and you had a chance to look at the focus groups that pewter does at the university of pennsylvania and some others. and i got the impression that a lot of the undecideds that were out there, they were enormously disillusioned in supporting president obama. they did not want to vote
but with obama slightly ahead in both. but he would have needed to do florida and virginia and then he would need to get into colorado, iowa, new hampshire instill even winning all of that, we would be short of 270. and so, it was pretty clear, you know, going into election day that a whole lot had to happen right for romney get -- to get to 270. maybe either florida or virginia once all of those got counted, or maybe both of them fall to him, probably not. this sort of where it was. and there...
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with the advent of iraq obama -- barack obama, all these religious ideas about him and so forth. keith ellison, one of the congressmen who is muslim in politics as well -- have you had any type of study on this particular subject matter? is this obama's rise to power -- is this symbolic of something to come from the black american muslim community? >> you want to know, have i done any studies in terms of the effect -- influence or impact of black muslims in terms of american society in relation to barack obama? i have not. i am aware of some of the trends in terms of the numbers of black muslims. i am aware of some conflict that has existed in the past between african-americans and groups like apac about middle eastern policy. i -- believe it or not, we do not usually talk about american muslims, but i very frequently get calls from people who write about politics. >> given your experience, 20 or so years looking at both parties and where this country is going demographically, what does your gut tell you now -- looking at 2016, do you think the republican party will adapt for 201
with the advent of iraq obama -- barack obama, all these religious ideas about him and so forth. keith ellison, one of the congressmen who is muslim in politics as well -- have you had any type of study on this particular subject matter? is this obama's rise to power -- is this symbolic of something to come from the black american muslim community? >> you want to know, have i done any studies in terms of the effect -- influence or impact of black muslims in terms of american society in...
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i have one goal, to be obama. obama was reelected overwhelmingly. republicans want us to work together. democrats want us to work together. they want to reach a balanced approach to everything, but especially the situation we have with the huge deficit. taxes are a part of that. >> the american people have spoken. they have reelected president obama, and every elected a republican majority. if there was a mandate, it is a mandate for us to find a way to work together on the solutions to the challenges we all face as a nation. my message today is not one of confrontation, but one of conviction. mr. president, this is your moment. we are ready to be led. not as democrats or republicans, but as americans. we want you to lead as president of the united states of america. we want you to succeed. let's challenge ourselves to find the common ground that has eluded us. let's do the right thing together for our country. host: ron, you are up first. what was the message to washington? caller: i really think compromise is in the air in a positive way. it is so
i have one goal, to be obama. obama was reelected overwhelmingly. republicans want us to work together. democrats want us to work together. they want to reach a balanced approach to everything, but especially the situation we have with the huge deficit. taxes are a part of that. >> the american people have spoken. they have reelected president obama, and every elected a republican majority. if there was a mandate, it is a mandate for us to find a way to work together on the solutions to...
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i think it is a job killer along with other regulations and obama-care. guest: it raises the great question. why should small businesses and families pay higher taxes to pay for president obama's spending? it is not a smart balance. it is not a serious proposal because it will not get us in a meaningful way to a balanced budget. it does not grow the economy. politically, the beat is a smart move. economically, it is not. host: larry, independent in chicago, ill. good morning. caller: good morning, libby. representative, did you sign the grover norquist tax pledge. guest: yes. caller: how do you you square that with your oath of office? you have turned your loyalty to an outsider as opposed to the american people. guest: i have to disagree. that pledge was to my voters, to make it clear to them that i do not support raising the top rate or any rate. that i support lowering rates, closing loopholes, creating more pro-growth tax code. that is what i said in that pledge. i still believe it is the right thing to do. caller: i disagree. that is not what the ple
i think it is a job killer along with other regulations and obama-care. guest: it raises the great question. why should small businesses and families pay higher taxes to pay for president obama's spending? it is not a smart balance. it is not a serious proposal because it will not get us in a meaningful way to a balanced budget. it does not grow the economy. politically, the beat is a smart move. economically, it is not. host: larry, independent in chicago, ill. good morning. caller: good...
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asiadent obama's trip to -- obama challenges myanmar on the visit. he later criticized cambodia's record. the president is using his asia trip to make the first presidential visit here. he called for american-style democracy or they take orders from civilians. it is going on to another headline relating to the president's trip, obama urges more reform in his historic visit. you can see the president along with -- president obama was riding in his motorcade from the first united states president to visit the long isolated nation money suddenly ordered an ounce of gold a detour on monday. -- when he suddenly ordered a detour on monday. the president walked over to a statue. and he went through some of the local traditions and have some of the experience there before meeting with leaders and then of .ours leave theip could lea nation ran into with trading allies. we will look more headlines in the news, let us give back your phone calls and hear from bobby in memphis, tenn. on our line for democrats. we are talking about the united states role in the mi
asiadent obama's trip to -- obama challenges myanmar on the visit. he later criticized cambodia's record. the president is using his asia trip to make the first presidential visit here. he called for american-style democracy or they take orders from civilians. it is going on to another headline relating to the president's trip, obama urges more reform in his historic visit. you can see the president along with -- president obama was riding in his motorcade from the first united states president...
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that is not a bad message if you are the obama white house. >> i agree, i think obama clearly ran on raising taxes on those making a quarter million dollars or more per year and 67% of the voters consistently agreed with that message. that is as close to a mandate as you were going to get in american politics. the candidates talk about it, the voters agree and poles to it, and the guy wins. so he has a mandate to try to do that, but there is no law saying that republicans cannot lay down in front of the train and stop that. and are divided party system, this republican party has the ability to stop that until we get to the machinations of the bush tax cuts. every time obama sat down to negotiate with republicans up until now, they have had an its vantage. that is that obama always wanted negotiations to succeed more than they did. a lot of republicans said, hey, let the debt ceiling expire because that is the kind of fire and brimstone punishment of a sitting nation that turns them on. but right now what will happen is if the six buyers, all those tax cuts expire at once, and then th
that is not a bad message if you are the obama white house. >> i agree, i think obama clearly ran on raising taxes on those making a quarter million dollars or more per year and 67% of the voters consistently agreed with that message. that is as close to a mandate as you were going to get in american politics. the candidates talk about it, the voters agree and poles to it, and the guy wins. so he has a mandate to try to do that, but there is no law saying that republicans cannot lay down...
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obama appealed more to me stylistically. someone like marco rubio or bobby jindal will appeal to more urban americans, folks living in the city's, whbut also have the ability to tap into working- class americans. marco rubio talks about the american dream. everybody thinks he's got to be a great candidate because he is hispanic. that part of it may be. but it is the way he talks about the market and free enterprise, talking about creating an america where your father can be a bartender in miami and his son can be a u.s. senator. that's what the american dream is. host: matt's past experience includes being the director of the leadership institute, a nonprofit training organization. in march of 2007 he was one of two bloggers invited on john mccain's poor bus on a visit to new hampshire with an interview with the candidate and was named a rising star politics by politics magazine a decade ago. -- john mccain's tour bus. guest: a decade already spiry. host: let's go to our democratic allies in virginia. caller: i do consider m
obama appealed more to me stylistically. someone like marco rubio or bobby jindal will appeal to more urban americans, folks living in the city's, whbut also have the ability to tap into working- class americans. marco rubio talks about the american dream. everybody thinks he's got to be a great candidate because he is hispanic. that part of it may be. but it is the way he talks about the market and free enterprise, talking about creating an america where your father can be a bartender in miami...
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we needed them to defeat obama. romney did not mention the constitution many times -excuse- me, i'm nervous. we have to go back to the constitution. if the republicans don't go by the constitution, they are no better than the democrats. host: plenty more time for your voices. looking for your phone calls, facebook posts, and tweets. more from the weekend activity on a morning talk shows. on sunday, tim pawlenty, a former governor of minnesota spoke about the future of the party. [video clip] >> if you look back at the election of 2012, when you have a product that you put into the marketplace and the marketplace does not buy it, you either have to have better marketing or better plan. this is a wake-up call or the republican party to have better marketing and it involves a lot of things, but clearly republicans need to do better with female voters, with latino and hispanic voters. so there's a need to better market. we also need products that sell better. that does not mean you change your philosophy, but i think pr
we needed them to defeat obama. romney did not mention the constitution many times -excuse- me, i'm nervous. we have to go back to the constitution. if the republicans don't go by the constitution, they are no better than the democrats. host: plenty more time for your voices. looking for your phone calls, facebook posts, and tweets. more from the weekend activity on a morning talk shows. on sunday, tim pawlenty, a former governor of minnesota spoke about the future of the party. [video clip]...
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president obama has three stops in ohio. coming up in about 15 minutes here on c-span, we will take you to the first stop of the day in hilltard outside columbus. the first lady michelle obama is campaigning in virginia today. at 5:30 eastern, we will take you to petersburg where she will be speaking with supporters. tonight on c-span, mitt romney and paul brian will be joined by their wives for a rally in west chester, ohio. another big names are appearing including condoleezza rice and senator john mccain this evening at 7:30 eastern and we will have that live on c-span. while we wait to hear from president obama in ohio, part of this morning's "washington journal," good morning to you. i want to assure you that 2012 battleground map we have been featuring for the last week or so here on the "washington journal." assuring the swing states in this election. this morning on the washington journal, we want to hear from the voters in the non-yellow states. everyone else in a blue, give us a call. we want to hear what you think
president obama has three stops in ohio. coming up in about 15 minutes here on c-span, we will take you to the first stop of the day in hilltard outside columbus. the first lady michelle obama is campaigning in virginia today. at 5:30 eastern, we will take you to petersburg where she will be speaking with supporters. tonight on c-span, mitt romney and paul brian will be joined by their wives for a rally in west chester, ohio. another big names are appearing including condoleezza rice and...